RSS Feed MenuAt 9:55 am (EST) on September 11th, just after the second World Trade Center was struck, Jo Moore, former British press officer sent an email to her colleagues which read “It’s now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury. Councillors’ expenses?.” It is in her honor that NewMajority reporter Jeb Golinkin identifies one story every Friday afternoon that our wonderful government tried (and failed) to bury.
Find all recipients of the Jo Moore Award here:
This week’s Friday afternoon bombshell has been delivered by Florida Senator Mel Martinez, who apparently will be resigning. Since it’s not often that politicians just up and quit (unless Sarah Palin is involved), there will undoubtedly be speculation as to why the senator is resigning.
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This week, the story Washington’s P.R. people will be working hardest to bury or bring to light (depending on which side of the aisle they are on) concerns what won’t be done at the end of this last day heading into the Congressional recess.
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Its Friday and one member of that proud deliberative body, the House of Representatives … is tired of debating.
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The Obama Administration proposes a new power grab: a proposal that would radically alter the way Medicare reimbursement rates are set.
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The White House didn’t want you to see what came off the wire at 4:30 pm on this Friday afternoon. The Washington Post reports that the newly arrived leader of the Afghan war effort, General Stanley A. McChrystal believes that President Obama’s strategy to prevail in Afghanistan will not succeed unless there is a drastic increase in the level of Afghan security forces.
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